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PORTLAND, OR (August 2, 2016) – PayRange Inc., maker of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, has partnered with American Food & Vending (AFV) on an enterprise agreement to deploy PayRange BluKey™ devices across its 50 branches serving 35 markets throughout the United States. This rollout comes on the heels of two separate and highly successful pilot programs conducted by American Food & Vending.

CHICAGO — Vending operators today must answer five questions when planning to add cashless mobile-payment capability to their equipment, according to PayRange founder Paresh Patel. Offering an overview of the newly expanded PayRange system, Patel recalled that he was an operator himself (he founded Portland, OR’s Courtesy Vending while still in college, and built it into one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest independent operations). The challenges he confronted prompted him to invent novel solutions, of which a Bluetooth payment system is the latest.

LOS ANGELES, April 4, 2016 – AVT, Inc., a leading manufacturer of automated retailing centers, self-service kiosks, and custom designed vending machines, announced that it will unveil its new Multi-Shopper Automated Retailing Experience at the NAMA One Show, April 13-15 in Chicago.

PORTLAND, OR (March 30, 2016) – PayRange Inc., maker of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, announced that effective March 31, 2016, the one-time price for a BluKey™ MDB mobile payment device will be $79 USD and their BluKey Plus™ device will be set at $99 USD. There is no increase to customers with existing devices as this increase affects initial cost to purchase new devices.

PORTLAND, OR (March 28, 2016) – PayRange Inc., maker of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, was issued two additional patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering inventive portions of their technology. The first covers the Offers platform that was announced last year at the 2015 NAMA OneShow. This method for providing offers on a vending machine via a mobile app includes a barcode scan to validate the selected offer. The second patent was issued covering a method for retrofitting an offline machine to accept electronic payments – without the need to add a network connection.

PORTLAND, OR (March 22, 2016) – PayRange Inc., maker of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, was recognized by the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) during their annual meeting held in conjunction with the 2016 Amusement Expo in Las Vegas. PayRange was awarded an unprecedented, two, Innovator Awards for their BluKey Smart™ mobile payment device and for their Dynamic Pricing function for amusement machines.

PORTLAND, OR (March 15, 2016) – PayRange Inc., maker of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, introduces their newest device, BluKey Smart™ in conjunction with the kickoff of the 2016 Amusement Expo held in Las Vegas, NV. This addition to the PayRange hardware product line is designed to work with amusement machines and other types of machines that accept payments.

CORONA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2016 — AVT, Inc., a leading manufacturer of automated retailing centers and custom vending machines, announced that it will incorporate the PayRange mobile payment system on the company’s innovative, new coffee kiosks. The Bluetooth-enabled payment device gives customers unparalleled freedom from carrying cash and credit cards, along with unprecedented convenience.

PORTLAND, OR (February 2, 2016) – PayRange Inc., maker of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, announces that it has signed up its 1000th operator. The company has operators throughout all 50 United States as well across Canada and is adding new operators every week. PayRange enabled machines can be founded on vending machines as well as amusement games.

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